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“Happiness may be difficult to obtain. The obstacles are not primarily financial.”

May Difficult Financial Obstacles

Author:Alain de Botton

“Financial markets are supposed to swing like a pendulum: They may fluctuate wildly in response to exogenous shocks, but eventually they are supposed to come to rest at an equilibrium point and that point is supposed to be the same irrespective of the interim fluctuations. Instead, as I told Congress, financial markets behaved more like a wrecking ball, swinging from country to country and knocking over the weaker ones. It is difficult to escape the conclusion that the international financial system itself constituted the main ingredient in the meltdown process.”

“Though business conditions may change, corporations and securities may change, and financial institutions and regulations may change, human nature remains the same. Thus the important and difficult part of sound investment, which hinges upon the investor's own temperament and attitude, is not much affected by the passing years.”

Source: The Intelligent Investor: A Book of Practical Counsel

“In the financial markets I find it easy to predict what will happen and very difficult to predict when it will happen. I think that things were clear during the bubble as to what would happen eventually.”

Thinking Happens Easy Difficult Clear Financial Bubbles Financial Markets

Author:Warren Buffett

“In short, the elimination of the financial legacy of Reaganomics could force the United States to make some exceptionally difficult choices indeed.”

States Choices Force Difficult United United States Financial Legacy Elimination Difficult Choices Reaganomics

Book:The Political Economy of International Relations

Source: The Political Economy of International Relations

“Financial planning is like navigation. If you know where you are and where you want to go, navigation isn't such a great problem. It's when you don't know the two points that it's difficult.”

Ifs Knows Want Two Problem Difficult Money Financial Planning Where You Are Navigation Financial Planning

Book:The power of money dynamics

Source: The power of money dynamics

“Most people think the Iraq war has increased the probability of an attack. However, it's difficult to put this aspect into financial terms.”

People Thinking War Difficult Term Aspect Financial Iraq Probability Iraq War

Author:Joseph Stiglitz